watchfaces and Timer.Timer();

Former Member over 8 years ago

I had stopped updating my watchfaces a while ago and decided to get back into it.

Were timers disabled for watchfaces at some point, because I am trying to update an old watchface (which is still in the AppStore) and I can not get it to run. The simulator stops with the last error "permission required" and it points to a line I start a timer on.

note: I can run it if I change its type to an APP, so the syntax and the setup are correct.

I just compiled and ran the SDK Timer example and it ran, but it also failed with the same error when I changed its type to a Watchface.

What is going on? I suspect that Garmin elimated the watchface timers? Is that correct, because I just spent 2 hours banging away at it to no avail.

jim_m_58 over 8 years ago

With watch faces, you can only use a timer when you're not in low power mode. Could it be when you first wrote the watch face, that wasn't being enforced?

Former Member over 8 years ago

Thanks, that was the clue I needed!

It is the Simulator, which now starts up in low power mode, that is causing the error.

I sideloaded the program onto my watch and it ran fine.

So, is there any way to force the simulator to startup in high power mode?

jim_m_58 over 8 years ago

No.. But what you should do is use onEnterSleep() and onExitSleep() if you want to control the timer.

What you see on the watch you have may differ on other watches. Starting the timer where you do could cause problems on other devices.